598        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.

        Liber JJ The Jurors for the Lord Proprietary doe present That Joane
              Colledge of Mattapenny-Sewall in the County of Calvert Spinster
              being great with Child with a certaine liveing Infant the eighth day
              of November in the xxxviiith yeare of his said Löpps Dominion at
              Mattapenny-Sewall aforesaid in the County aforesaid by the provi-
              dence of God did labour with Child and did bring forth one female
              Child living and no person being there present And that afterwards
              the said Joane Colledge by force and armes and of her malice before
              thought the said eighth day of november in the eight and thirtith
              yeare of the Dominion of his said Lordshipp aforesaid about the
              houre of tcnn in the morning of the same day upon the aforesaid
              female Child living did make an assault and then and there feloniously
              did kill so the said Joane Colledge aforesaid the said female Child
              of her malice forethought felloniously and voluntarily did kill and
              murther against the peace of his said Lordshipp his rule and dignity.
                Afterwards at the same Provinciall Court to witt the sevententh
              day of the same December in the yeare aforesaid Comand was given
              by the said Court to the sheriff of St Maries County to bring the said
              Joane Colledge prisoner then in his Custody to the barre of the
              said Court, who appeareing in her proper person and holding up her
              hand at the barr and heareing the abovesaid indictment read said
              she was not guilty thereof and putt herself e upon the Country
                And John Morecroft Attorny of the said Lord Proprietary who on
              the behalf e of the said Lord proprietary prosecuteth likewise.
                Wherefore Comand was given to the Sheriff of st Maries County
              aforesaid that he cause to come ithediately before the justices of the
              said Lord proprietary of his said Provinciall Court to keepe the
              Peace assigned and to heare and determine all fellonies trespasses
              murthers and other misdemeanours in the said Province Cofflitted
              twelve lawfull freemen of the said Province to make a jury to know
              the truth of the premisses, because aswell the said John Morecroft
              Attorny of the said Lord Proprietary who for the said Lord pro-
              prietary in this behalfe prosecutes as also the said Joane Colledge
              have putt themselves upon the same jury
                And afterwards the same day to witt the said sevententh day of
              the same December in the yeare aforesaid came the said John More-
              croft Attorny of the said Lord Proprietary who on the behalfe of
              the said Lord Proprietary prosecuteth, And the said Joane Colledge
              being againe brought to the barr of the said Court and appeareing
              in her proper person and the jury aforesaid by the said Sheriff of
              St Maries County being impannelled and called namely Thomas
              Cosden William Kent John Cobreth Jeremiah Markham Thomas
              Hussey Henry Hawkins Richard Morris Thomas Hinton Samuel
              Dickeson George Marshall John Beale & John Heard likewise came
              and the said indictment being then and there read and the wittnesses
              to prove the said indictment to witt Mary Larkey, Elizabeth Rousby,